Walt Disney the Spy
1940 Walt Disney serves as an informant for the Los Angeles office of the FBI, reporting information on Hollywood subversives
- 1958 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1959 Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
- 1967 KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sesame Street
1969 Children's educational television series "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
Rather's Wild Ride
1980 Anchorman Dan Rather alleges cabbie tried to kidnap him, refuses to pay his fare in dispute with cab driver
- 1984 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
Menken Gets Hollywood Star
2010 Disney composer Alan Menken receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2017 BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women
Peter Jackson Sells Weta Digital
2021 New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson sells Weta Digital's technology division to video games company Unity for US$1.6 billion [1]
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